Jindal positions himself for 2016

Nov. 15, 2012

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John Andrew Prime
Gannett Louisiana

In a national interview that suggests he is positioning himself to represent his party in the runup to 2016, Gov. Bobby Jindal told fellow Republicans they have to redefine themselves and the party in the wake of its loss to President Barack Obama in last week's election.

"We've got to make sure that we are not the party of big business, big banks, big Wall Street bailouts, big corporate loopholes, big anything," Jindal told the website Politico.com in a 45-minute telephone interview that was published. "We cannot be, we must not be, the party that simply protects the rich so they get to keep ...